Iggy Pop

Released: October 23, 1986

Songwriter: David Bowie Iggy Pop

Producer: David Bowie David Richards

[Verse]
You're not giving an inch
You're strung like wire
Your open arms they flinch
Joan Crawford style
Treated like a towel
Inside you howl

On some dark concrete
Midnight street
You've built an altar
That's quite complete
Your self control
Is damned amazing

You're trying hard
And I want you little miss emperor
You really want to grow
And you're alert I know
But baby, it's mostly drown
It's a company town
Cheat Gods and joke
Attack your noble ghost

I saw the best minds of my generation
Learn how to crawl
Across our nation
Conformity falls
Like one wet blanket
Look how we live

And I want you little miss emperor
Little miss emperor trying to open doors

After his previous band, The Stooges collapsed, Iggy Pop (the stage name of James Newell Osterberg, Jr.) initially struggled to establish a solo career. Working with David Bowie in Berlin helped him produce The Idiot and Lust For Life, essential albums which made him a household name.

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